CHECK ON FAULTY HEADLIGHTS
DOMINION-WIDE DRIVE (New Zealand Press Association.) WELLINGTON. May 5. The Transport Department will institute in.mediately a Dornin ion-wide drive against faulty headlights. This was announced to-day y the Minister of Transport (Mr F. Hackett), when he said that of the fatal traffic accidents during xxpril more than half occurred after dark. “Twenty-one people lost their lives in traffic accidents last month,” he said. “This is an increase of two deaths compared with April last year, and brings the 1949 total to 69 killed. Of those killed, 11 were motorists, five pedestrians, four motor-cyclists, and one cyclist. Twelve accidents occurred during the hours of darkness, and accordingly I have issued instructions to organise headlight checku throughout the country. “Where headlights are .found to be defective or incorrectly adjusted, or where a vehicle has a faulty tail lamp, traffic offence notices will be issued. Now that winter is almost here traffic peaks will be occurring during the hours of darkness, and every endeavour must be made to combat these additional dangers.”
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25796, 6 May 1949, Page 9
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